Caldara, Antonio C Composers Composition

Caldara, Antonio C Composers Composition

Caldara, Antonio

Italian Baroque composer Antonio Caldara (c.1670-1736) was a tremendously gifted musician (viol, cello, and keyboard) and vocalist (including choirboy at St. Mark's, Venice) who probably also composed as fast as anyone else in recorded history. During his life, it's estimated that he wrote at least 3,400 pieces. He held important appointments in several Italian cities, drew a tremendous income, and apparently spent his earnings faster than even he could write new music. Among his numerous compositions are some 90 operas and about the same number of oratorios.

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See Also:

- Miscellaneous art songs at recmusic.org with Italian texts. Some also have English translations.
- Entry in the Sojourn pages with links to related composers and definitions of terms.
- Biography tracing his path from singer and instrumentalist to composer of vocal music includes notable positions and summary of works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Music files offered in MIDI format.
- Brief biographical sketch commenting upon his virtuosity and compositional output with Naxos discography.

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